Friends Find Late Husband's Lost Wedding Ring for Grieving Widow

When Rhonda Thill lost her husband, Randy, to a motorcycle accident on June 25, she was devastated. But it was another loss that really made the father of three's passing even harder to deal with. At his funeral, she noticed something missing from her husband's hand — his wedding ring.

"The ring wasn't in any personal belongings returned to me," Rhonda, 46, told ABC News. "It wasn't inventoried with anything that had come in [from the crash] ... the medical examiner's office, they didn't have it either."

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Obviously distraught, Rhonda wasn't sure how she would ever find her husband's ring again. Thankfully, a few fellow bikers banded together to step in. The group (including Thill's father, brother, and a highway trooper who responded to the crash) went back to the scene to look for the special memento, according to Good Morning America. Unfortunately, a thunderstorm thwarted their efforts.

Courtesy of Rhonda Thill

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But a week ago, the group decided to search again. And after 45 minutes, they found Randy's wedding ring on the side of the road, along with his riding glasses. "It was awesome. I couldn't believe that they found it," Rhonda said, adding that it was also "quite emotional."

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Rhonda is happy to have this special reminder of her husband back in her possession. And she owes it all to her friends who didn't give up on the search.

"The group of people that worked to get the ring for me, they're bikers. And a lot of the times they get a bad rap. [But they] have the biggest hearts in the world. They are the first ones to step up and lend a hand when it's needed."